(MLE, MTE, regional African-American Vernacular) an attention grabber
(New Zealand) Alternative spelling of ay (question tag)
(nautical) a word used to acknowledge a command from a superior, usually preceded by a verbatim repeat-back.
yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.
noun
An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.
bey
bey
noun
(historical) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions
in various other places, a prince or nobleman
bye
bye
adj
Out of the way; remote.
Secondary; supplementary.
intj
(colloquial) Goodbye.
noun
(Scotland) An unspecified way or place.
(card games) A pass.
(cricket) An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.
(obsolete) A thing not directly aimed at; a secondary or subsidiary object, course, path, undertaking, issue, etc.
A male person.
Craig's Crew plays the bye next week.
Obsolete spelling of bee
The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team.
prep
Obsolete spelling of by
dey
dey
noun
(UK dialectal, Scotland) A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
(historical) The ruler of the Regency of Algiers (now Algeria) under the Ottoman Empire.
pron
Pronunciation spelling of there, representing African American Vernacular English or Caribbean English.
Pronunciation spelling of they, representing dialects with th-stopping in English.
dye
dye
noun
A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
Alternative spelling of die (“singular of dice”)
Any hue, color, or blee.
verb
(transitive) To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
edy
ely
ety
ety
noun
Abbreviation of etymology.
evy
eye
eye
noun
(architecture) The circle in the centre of a volute.
(game of Go) An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones.
(informal) The dark brown center of a black-eyed Susan flower.
(typography) The enclosed counter (negative space) of the small letter e.
(usually in the plural) View or opinion.
A brood.
A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.
A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; for example, at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss, through a crank, at the end of a rope, or through a millstone.
A mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling a human eye.
A meaningful stare or look.
A private eye: a privately hired detective or investigator.
A reproductive bud in a potato.
An organ through which animals see (perceive surroundings via light).
Attention, notice.
One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese.
That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty.
The ability to notice what others might miss.
The dark spot on a black-eyed pea.
The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.
The name of the Latin-script letter I.
The oval hole of an axehead through which the axehandle is fitted.
The relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other cyclonic storm.
The visual sense.
Tinge; shade of colour.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To appear; to look.
(poetic)
(transitive) To allow (fish eggs) to develop so that the black eye spots are visible.
(transitive) To carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something).
(transitive) To remove the reproductive buds from (potatoes).
eyl
eyn
eyr
fey
fey
adj
(chiefly Scotland, Ireland) Possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience.
(dialectal, archaic or poetic) About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death.
A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.
A protest or reprimand.
A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion.
An exclamation to get attention.
An expression of surprise.
An informal greeting, similar to hi.
Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.
noun
(country dancing) A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately.
Alternative spelling of he (“Hebrew letter”)
hye
hye
adj
Obsolete spelling of high
verb
Obsolete spelling of hie
iey
key
key
adj
Important, salient.
Indispensable, supremely important.
noun
(Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
(advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
(architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
(architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
(basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
(biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
(botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
(cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
(computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
(computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
(computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
(cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
(databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
(figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
(historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
(masonry) A keystone.
(music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
(print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
(rail transport) A wooden support for a rail on the bullhead rail system.
(slang) Clipping of kilogram (especially of a recreational drug)
A crucial step or requirement.
A guide explaining the symbols or terminology of a map or chart; a legend.
A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
Alternative form of quay.
An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
An object designed to open and close a lock.
In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
One of a string of small islands.
That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
verb
(advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
(colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
(computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
(intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
(radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
(telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
To fit (a lock) with a key.
To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
kye
kye
noun
(UK, naval slang) Cocoa (the drink).
A Korean fundraising meeting.
ley
ley
adj
(agriculture) Fallow; unseeded.
(agriculture) Rotated to pasture instead of cropping.
noun
(obsolete) Law.
A ley line.
Alternative spelling of lea
Archaic form of lye.
lye
lye
noun
(UK, rail transport) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.
An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
Obsolete spelling of lie
Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda).
verb
Obsolete spelling of lie.
To treat with lye.
ney
ney
noun
(music) A type of endblown flute.
nye
nye
noun
A brood or flock of pheasants.
pye
pye
noun
(zoology) Ellipsis of pye-dog (an Indian breed, a stray dog in Indian contexts).
Archaic spelling of pie (pastry food).
rey
rye
rye
noun
(US, Canada) A drink of rye.
(US, Canada) Rye whiskey.
A disease of hawks.
A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder.
Caraway (from the mistaken assumption that the whole seeds, often used to season rye bread, are the rye itself)
Rye bread.
Ryegrass, any of the species of Lolium.
The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained.
sey
sye
sye
verb
(UK, dialectal or eye-dialectal, dated) To say.
tye
tye
noun
(Britain) A patch of common land, often a village green.
(mining) A trough for washing ores.
(nautical) A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.
Obsolete form of tie.
vey
wey
wey
noun
(uncommon, archaic) An old English measure of weight containing 224 pounds; equivalent to 2 hundredweight.
wye
wye
noun
(poetic, obsolete) A hero; a man, person.
(poetic, obsolete) A warrior or fighter.
A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track.
The name of the Latin-script letter Y.
verb
(transitive) To make something into a wye shape.
(transitive, rail transport) To reverse the direction of a train using a wye.
yea
yea
adv
(dated) Yes, indeed.
Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture by way of measurement).
conj
(archaic) Or even, or more like, nay. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.
intj
(in some dialects of American English, including Southern, Western, and African American Vernacular) Yeah, right, yes.
(nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative spelling of yeah
Misspelling of yay.
noun
An affirmative vote, usually but not always spoken
yed
yed
noun
(UK dialectal) A burrow; a hole made by an animal in the ground.
(UK dialectal) A falsehood; leasing.
(archaic) A saying.
(dated, fandom slang) A self-reference to the editor of a periodical; a substitution for the editor's name or signature.
verb
(UK dialectal) To be associated with a place or locality.
(UK dialectal) To burrow underground, as a rabbit or mole; also said of miners.
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To contend; wrangle.
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To magnify greatly in narration; exaggerate a tale; fib.
(intransitive, archaic) To speak; sing.
yee
yee
intj
(slang) yes
pron
(archaic and Tyneside) you (the people being addressed); Alternative spelling of ye
obsolete emphatic of ye
yeh
yeh
intj
(colloquial, informal) Alternative form of yeah; yes.
pron
(dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of you.
yen
yen
noun
(slang) Opium.
A coin or note worth one yen.
A strong desire, urge, or yearning.
The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.
verb
(transitive) To have a strong desire for.
yeo
yeo
noun
(Southwest England) Alternative form of ea
yep
yep
adv
(informal) Yes.
yer
yer
abbrev
(UK, slang or dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of you're, you are.
adv
(UK, slang or dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of yeah, yes.
det
(UK or Southern US, slang or dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of your.
noun
Either of the letters ъ and ь in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.
pron
(UK, slang or dialectal, uncommon) Pronunciation spelling of you. (plural or singular)
yes
yes
adv
that is correct
intj
(interrogative) Used to ask for more information with a request.
An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point.
Response that confirms that the user is paying attention.
noun
A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.
An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
particle
(humorous) Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.
Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.
Used to show agreement or acceptance.
verb
(colloquial, transitive) to agree with, affirm, approve.
(slang) to attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing
yet
yet
adv
(after 'have' and certain copulative verbs, followed by an infinitive) Not as of the time referenced.
(degree) Even.
(poetic or archaic) In affirmative use: still.
At some future time; eventually.
In addition.
In negative imperative use, asking for an action to be delayed.
In negative or interrogative use, often with an expectation or potential of something happening in the future.
conj
Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.
noun
(dialectal) A metal pan or boiler; yetling.
verb
(nonstandard, West Country) To get.
(obsolete outside dialects) To melt; found; cast (e.g. metal, by pouring it into a mould when molten).
(obsolete) To pour.
yew
yew
adj
Made from the wood of the yew tree.
noun
(countable) A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
(countable, by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.